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Inside Solutions Architect / Specialist - DatacenterHewlett Packard Enterprise • Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
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Inside Solutions Architect / Specialist - Datacenter

Hewlett Packard Enterprise
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    Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
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    Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
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This role has been designated as ‘Remote/Teleworker’, which means you will primarily work from home.
Who We Are Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.
Job Description About the Role The Network for AI (NFAI) Inside Sales Specialist is responsible for driving data center networking and routing solution opportunities across commercial and lower-tier enterprise accounts through a virtual-first engagement model. This role serves as the inside counterpart to field-led enterprise specialist coverage, owning a defined segment of accounts where opportunities may involve meaningful technical complexity, multi-stakeholder buying processes, and executive alignment. In addition to sales responsibilities, the role acts as a subject matter expert (SME) for the NFAI portfolio, providing solution design guidance and architectural perspective to Account Managers and Sales Engineers.
Success in this role requires a seller who can balance the efficiency of an inside model with the technical depth required to design credible architectures, guide solution direction, and support account teams in positioning HPE Networking technologies effectively. The role frequently partners with Account Managers, Sales Engineers, partners, and field specialists to develop pipeline, shape opportunities, and deliver technically sound networking solutions.
Key Responsibilities Sales Execution & Opportunity Development
Drive pipeline development and revenue growth for HPE Networking’s data center networking, routing, and AI infrastructure connectivity portfolio across assigned commercial and lower-tier enterprise accounts.
Lead consultative discovery conversations to understand customer business objectives, infrastructure requirements, and modernization initiatives.
Translate business and technical requirements into solution architectures in collaboration with Sales Engineers, recommending appropriate designs, deployment models, and phased adoption strategies.
Provide architectural guidance during early opportunity stages, helping customers and internal teams evaluate topology options, fabric architectures, scalability considerations, and integration points.
Progress opportunities using structured sales methodologies (such as MEDDPICC), ensuring alignment around decision criteria, business value, and stakeholder sponsorship.
Build and communicate compelling business cases that connect networking modernization initiatives to measurable business outcomes such as scalability, performance, resilience, operational efficiency, and cost optimization.
Customer & Executive Engagement
Establish trusted relationships with technical and business stakeholders including network architects, IT managers, infrastructure leaders, and operations teams.
Engage confidently with director-, VP-, and selected C-level stakeholders when executive sponsorship is required to advance an opportunity.
Navigate complex buying committees and align internal and external stakeholders around architecture direction and investment rationale.
Technical Leadership & SME Support
Act as a subject matter expert for the NFAI portfolio, supporting Account Managers and Sales Engineers with technical positioning, solution architecture guidance, and competitive differentiation.
Assist account teams in designing networking solutions that align with validated architectures, customer requirements, and HPE Networking best practices.
Provide architectural input during account strategy development, helping teams identify modernization opportunities and expansion paths.
Support technical discussions such as solution topology, scalability planning, integration with compute/storage platforms, and AI infrastructure connectivity requirements.
Collaborate with Sales Engineers on detailed solution validation while maintaining ownership of overall solution strategy and value articulation.
Partner & Internal Collaboration
Collaborate closely with Account Managers, Sales Engineers, channel partners, and field specialists to advance complex opportunities and ensure coordinated pursuit strategies.
Qualify when to lead independently versus when to engage additional technical, executive, or specialist resources based on opportunity complexity and account dynamics.
Leverage partner ecosystems to expand reach, accelerate solution adoption, and support joint account strategies.
Pipeline & Forecast Discipline
Maintain accurate pipeline visibility, forecasting, and opportunity hygiene within Salesforce and associated sales tools.
Apply disciplined opportunity qualification and prioritization to ensure efficient use of time and resources across a higher-volume inside sales environment.
Portfolio & Market Expertise
Maintain deep working knowledge of HPE Networking’s data center switching, routing, AI networking, and fabric architectures.
Understand how networking infrastructure integrates with compute, storage, and AI workloads within modern data center and hybrid cloud environments.
Stay current on validated designs, architectural best practices, and evolving networking technologies relevant to AI and data center modernization.
Maintain awareness of competitive networking technologies to articulate architectural differentiation and displacement strategies.
Scope & Complexity
Owns a defined set of commercial and lower-tier enterprise accounts, typically domestic or regional in scope.
Opportunities may range from incremental infrastructure expansion to competitive replacements and architectural modernization initiatives.
Handles a higher volume of opportunities than field-led specialist roles while still navigating meaningful technical complexity and multi-stakeholder buying environments.
Frequently supports account teams as an architectural SME while advancing sales pursuits through an inside engagement model.
Education & Experience
6–8+ years of experience in networking technology sales, specialist sales, or hybrid technical-commercial roles.
Proven success selling and positioning networking infrastructure solutions within commercial and/or enterprise environments.
Demonstrated ability to participate in or lead solution architecture discussions related to switching, routing, and data center networking.
Experience collaborating with Sales Engineers on solution design and technical validation.
Candidates with slightly less experience must demonstrate exceptional technical credibility, executive communication skills, and a track record of supporting complex infrastructure solutions.
Knowledge & Skills
Strong understanding of data center networking architectures including leaf-spine designs, fabric architectures, and scalable routing solutions.
Ability to translate customer requirements into credible solution designs and architectural approaches.
Capability to provide SME support to account teams by guiding solution positioning, architecture decisions, and technical strategy.
Strong executive communication skills and ability to build credibility with both technical and business stakeholders.
High level of sales discipline, forecasting accuracy, and opportunity management rigor.
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced inside sales environment that requires balancing technical engagement with opportunity volume.
Additional Skills
Accountability
Active Learning
Active Listening
Assertiveness Bias
Building Rapport
Buyer Personas
Coaching
Complex Sales
Creativity
Critical Thinking
Cross-Functional Teamwork
Customer Experience Strategy
Customer Interactions
Design Thinking
Empathy
Financial Acumen
Follow-Through
Growth Mindset
Identifying Sales Opportunities
Industry Knowledge
Intellectual Curiosity
Long Term Planning
Managing Ambiguity
What We Can Offer You Health & Wellbeing We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.
Personal & Professional Development We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.
Unconditional Inclusion We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.
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Job Level TCP_03
Salary The expected salary/wage range for this position is provided below. Actual offer may vary from this range based upon geographic location, work experience, education/training, and/or skill level.
United States of America: Annual Salary USD 120,500 - 284,000 in Arkansas & Florida & Georgia & Illinois & North Carolina & Texas
This range reflects the minimum to maximum combined base and target-level sales compensation that would be paid if the hire performs at 100% of their sales plan. Of that on-target pay amount, the mix of base salary and target-level sales compensation is 75%/25%. Information about employee benefits offered in the US can be found at https://myhperewards.com/main/new-hire-enrollment.html
Equal Employment Opportunity HPE is an Equal Employment Opportunity/ Veterans/Disabled/LGBT employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, or any other protected category, and all decisions we make are made on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. Our goal is to be one global team that is representative of our customers, in an inclusive environment where we can continue to innovate and grow together.
EEO Statement Hewlett Packard Enterprise is EEO Protected Veteran/ Individual with Disabilities.
Compliance Statement HPE will comply with all applicable laws related to employer use of arrest and conviction records, including laws requiring employers to consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories.
Recruitment Disclaimer It has come to HPE’s attention that there has been an increase in recruitment fraud whereby scammers impersonate HPE or HPE-authorized recruiting agencies and offer fake employment opportunities to candidates. These scammers often seek to obtain personal information or money from candidates. Please note that Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), its direct and indirect subsidiaries and affiliated companies, and its authorized recruitment agencies/vendors will never charge any candidate a registration fee, hiring fee, or any other fee in connection with its recruitment and hiring process. The credentials of any hiring agency that claims to be working with HPE for recruitment of talent should be verified by candidates and candidates shall be solely responsible to conduct such verification. Any candidate/individual who relies on the erroneous representations made by fraudulent employment agencies does so at their own risk, and HPE disclaims liability for any damages or claims that may result from any such communication.
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  • Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

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